This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mollyroe2002 Surnames: Maloney Carr Maloy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.carbon/3805.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mauch Chunk is the current Jim Thorpe. The first Catholic Church in the area was Immaculate Conception and served the Irish community. St. Joseph's on the East side was later. Both churches are still in existence, but they are part of Allentown Diocese now, not the Philadelphia Archdiocese. There was also a St. Joseph's in Summit Hill which would have been designated Mauch Chunk Twp. in early census records. I know that the Summit Hill church and IC both allow look ups. At least they did in the past. Another possibility, other than St. Jerome's (which I think was founded in 1833) is Immaculate Conception in Allentown. I read somewhere that parishioners from that parish founded the IC in Mauch Chunk. Good luck! Mary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

St. Joseph Church in JT also lets lookup. I sometime correspond with secretary there. She's nice lady. Sean On 4/7/07, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: mollyroe2002 > Surnames: Maloney Carr Maloy > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.carbon/3805.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Mauch Chunk is the current Jim Thorpe. The first Catholic Church in the > area was Immaculate Conception and served the Irish community. St. Joseph's > on the East side was later. Both churches are still in existence, but they > are part of Allentown Diocese now, not the Philadelphia Archdiocese. There > was also a St. Joseph's in Summit Hill which would have been designated > Mauch Chunk Twp. in early census records. I know that the Summit Hill > church and IC both allow look ups. At least they did in the past. > Another possibility, other than St. Jerome's (which I think was founded in > 1833) is Immaculate Conception in Allentown. I read somewhere that > parishioners from that parish founded the IC in Mauch Chunk. Good luck! > Mary > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACARBON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Sean McCauley GenealogyGuy96@gmail.com